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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... It can also cause ... #Infections #Mycobacterium ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... which can cause ... pulmonary disease ... upper lobes due to infection ... #Clinical #Radiology
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... primary adrenal infection ... • Bacterial: Mycobacterium ... #Causes #Adrenal ... endocrinology #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
Causes of Culture ... Consider prior antibiotics ... as a cause of a ... Dracunculiasis - Non-Infectious ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Causes of Erythema Nodosum
Common
 - Idiopathic (up to 55 percent)
 - Infections: streptococcal pharyngitis (28 to
Causes of Erythema ... 55 percent) - Infections ... coccidioidomycosis, mycobacteria ... to 10 percent): antibiotics ... 1 percent) Infections
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Etiologies of pulmonary ... infections according ... CAVITATION - Mycobacteria ... #CT #Patterns #Pulmonary ... #Lung #Infections
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Causes of Myocarditis ... Infectious Etiologies ... Borrelia species, Mycobacterium ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #causes
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
management Causes ... from lymph node Mycobacteria ... Bacterial pneumonia, Virus ... workup #algorithm #pulmonary
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
hydrophila • Mycobacterium ... rhusiopathiae • Mycobacterium ... fortuitum (Mycobacteria ... - And, in rare cases ... Differential #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
Etiologies Unusual Infections ... patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium ... pseudomallei, hanta virus ... Others: - Pulmonary ... abnormalities (Pulmonary